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The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

A crew works on setting up for an upcoming party at Michigan Central Station to celebrate Ford Motor Company's purchase of the long-vacant building in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

A crew works on setting up for an upcoming party at Michigan Central Station to celebrate Ford Motor Company's purchase of the long-vacant building in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

A crew works on setting up for an upcoming party at Michigan Central Station to celebrate Ford Motor Company's purchase of the long-vacant building in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

The interior of the Michigan Central Station in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The long-vacant building, recently purchased by the Ford Motor Company, will be renovated to make it the hub of a campus for advanced automotive technology. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

Fran Nivison, left, of Harper Woods and Monique Thomas of Detroit share a laugh while taking a break inside Michigan Central Station in Detroit during an open house put on by Ford Motor Company on Friday, June 22, 2018.(Photo: Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press)Buy Photo

When Steve Gillon first walked into Michigan Central Station, he closed his eyes. He imagined thousands of people walking past him and the hissing of steam engines.

"And then I opened my eyes and saw this run-down building with beautiful bones," he said. "There’s that striking contrast between what is was and what it is now.”

Gillon, the History Channel’s historian-in residence, had a hand in the film “Detroit: Comeback City,” about the station's triumphant and troubled past.

Those beautiful bones, which are symbolic of the city where it resides, will now join the film. Literally.

Ford and Freep Film Festival have announced screenings of the documentary, “Detroit: Comeback City,” inside Michigan Central Station, the building that inspired it, on Nov. 2.

The 45-minute special, which aired earlier this summer on the History Channel, includes an impressive array of achievers with Motor City ties. The film is narrated by Oscar-winning metro Detroit native J.K. Simmons and offers a broad look at the rise and fall and rise of Detroit over the span of a century.

"It deals with the good and the bad, Detroit in its heyday, and does not pull any punches," said Gillon. "It also has an authentic voice, not just a bunch of historians and professors, it's people who are in the community.”

There will be two screenings: the first at 5:15 p.m. and the second at 7:30 p.m.

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Fran Nivison, left, of Harper Woods and Monique Thomas of Detroit share a laugh while taking a break inside Michigan Central Station in Detroit during an open house put on by Ford Motor Company on Friday, June 22, 2018. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

Robert Beech of Ann Arbor poses with his vintage camera he brought in hopes of getting photos while waiting in line to enter Michigan Central Station on Friday, June 22, 2018. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

Historic images are seen on designs applied to a wall inside Michigan Central Station in Detroit during an open house put on by Ford Motor Company on Friday, June 22, 2018. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

Artist FEL3000FT works on spray painting a piece that will be on display inside Michigan Central Station in Detroit during an open house put on by Ford Motor Company on Friday, June 22, 2018. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

A clock from Michigan Central Station is on display inside Michigan Central Station in Detroit during an open house put on by Ford Motor Company on Friday, June 22, 2018. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

Ronald Stokes of Farmington Hills looks over historic photos show at a display. "If I would have known back then what it would be like now, I should have took a lot of pictures," Stokes said, who was at the station in 1960 while enlisted into the Army taking a train from the station to Fort Knox. "I thought the train station would be here forever." Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

Terri Steimer of Grosse Pointe holds her granddaughter Lydia Bernardo as her sister Maria Bernardo, both of St. Clair Shores, leans against her to rest inside Michigan Central Station in Detroit on Friday, June 22, 2018. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

A line wraps around Michigan Central Station as the public gets a chance to see the inside of the station in Detroit during an open house put on by Ford Motor Company on Friday, June 22, 2018. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

A line wraps around Michigan Central Station as the public gets a chance to see the inside of the station in Detroit during an open house put on by Ford Motor Company on Friday, June 22, 2018. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press